27 September 2009

Toni Frissell's Tips for Portrait Sessions

From Toni Frissell Photographs 1933-1967

"
  1. Catch the subject at an instant of pleasure or emotion
  2. Know your subject's interests beforehand... this so you can get him or her talking, even to the point of saying something provocative to the extent of outrageousness
  3. Click your camera at typewriter speed. Film is a cheap commodity.
  4. Luck - the commodity that puts me at a crucial event and the chance is given of recording a vital instant
"
Good advice.

Toni Frissell, one of the most innovative photographers of our time.

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